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Wallingford man challenges arrest for filming Waterbury PD – Waterbury Republican-American
11/04/19 – By Jonathan Shugarts WATERBURY – A Wallingford man’s “First Amendment audit” of the city’s police department that was recently posted online has led to his arrest, but his Read More …
Bridgeport police footage raises more questions about reporter’s arrest – Connecticut Post
10/31/19 – By Ethan Fry BRIDGEPORT — Police brass took more than five months to explain the detention and subsequent “unarrest” of a journalist during a contentious protest but footage Read More …
Bridgeport police chief issues explanation, apology for reporter’s arrest – Hearst Connecticut Newspapers
10/22/19 – By Brian Lockhart BRIDGEPORT — Five months after his officers detained a Hearst Connecticut Media reporter covering a May 9 protest, Police Chief Armando Perez issued a written Read More …
Reporter was kicked out of bill signing, and Lamont needs a refresher on transparency – Hartford Courant
07/19/19 – Editorial The governor signing a bill at the state Capitol — that is, the people’s designated chief executive doing the people’s business in the people’s house — should, Read More …
Arrest of reporter in Bridgeport was an abuse of power – The Day of New London
05/15/19 – Editorial The arrest by Bridgeport police of a news reporter who was doing her job covering a protest appears to be a gross abuse of power and a Read More …
Questions remain after arrests at Bridgeport protest – Connecticut Post
05/15/19 – By Tara O’Neill BRIDGEPORT — Little information on the arrest of 11 protestors in Bridgeport last week has been released by the city or its police department. (Read Read More …
Muffling the Media Won’t Work – New Haven Register
05/12/19 – By James Walker An incident between a reporter and Bridgeport police Thursday night should not only concern every journalist in the state of Connecticut but also sound a Read More …
Reporter detained while covering Bridgeport demonstration – Waterbury Republican-American
05/10/19 – By Martha Shanahan Police handcuffed and detained a reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media for about 30 minutes while she was on assignment covering a demonstration on the anniversary Read More …
Connecticut Post reporter detained while covering Bridgeport protest – Hartford Courant
05/11/19 – By Christine Dempsey A newspaper reporter who has covered controversies at the Bridgeport Police Department said she was handcuffed and taken into custody while covering a protest in Read More …